I confess I bought organic bananas yesterday and intentionally paid the conventional price at self-checkout.
I confess I spent 46,103 minutes this year listening to Spotify.
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Wife and the kids went to visit the in-laws today so I had chocolate cookies and a chocolate protein drink for breakfast. Then I ate some chocolate as a snack and finished it off with some apple pie topped with vanilla Skyr for lunch.
Then I felt bad about it and spent an hour in the garage doing pullups, dips and front squats.
Now my entire body is objecting to all of these events in a myriad of subtle and not-so-subtle ways.
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That is a perfect confession for this topic.
Left to my own devices, my go to breakfast is a Rockstar zero carb energy drink and 2 quest bars. Something about finishing the first one makes you immediately want to eat a second one.
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I confess that, by adding unsweetened coconut flakes and unsweetened dark chocolate chips to a batch of oatmeal cookie mix, I can now consider them a āpower snackā and not feel bad about eating like 10 of them in a 12 hour period.
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My parents are going on a trip so Iāll get freedom to eat what I want
I have a 2lb smoked white fish from Costco waiting in the fridge- aka breakfast 
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When my mom lectures/gets mad, sheāll go for 10minor so, stop for a while, then randomly start again. Is this normal? @alex44938
Donāt get me started on my mother/father haha
And while I havenāt taken a stopwatch to see, a brief intermission between being yelled at - or any sort of house argument, is par the course
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They couldnāt find a miniature bear?
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I confess I am STILL eating science experiment food, despite calling myself out about it on my own training log. Since this is flame free, Iāll confess here.
Earlier this week, in the ādieting hacksā thread, I posted about finding zero calories pancake syrup
This, inevitably, led to a quest to find some sort of āketo pancakeā, which, surprise, someone makes
And the mix includes a recipe for waffles as well. And if youāre REALLY interested, the company makes toaster waffles too, ala Eggos.
This morning, my wife made me a batch of keto Mickey Mouse waffles, using our official Mickey Mouse waffle maker. She made herself and our little one some non-keto waffles, because they arenāt insane.
I confess itās been quite a while since I felt such immense and simple joy, sharing a waffle breakfast with my family. Also, the syrup goes well on them, as does Nuts n More banana nut spread.
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I dunno about you guys but my wife tolerates and keeps quiet about all my minor āoffensesā until that ONE time I commit a major fuckup that manages to loosely link them all together, then she lets loose on them one by one. The interval between the whining is the time sheās thinking about how to link the previous one to the next.
Itās Chinese chick strategy dudes. Go watch Zhang Yimouās Raise the Red Lantern if you want to see some exploration of how they used to play politics at home when concubines were still allowed.
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As a parent, Iāll say that the timing in between yelling is me taking the time to figure out what Iām going to say that isnāt going to land me in prison or permanently scar my child.
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OMG! My mum does that ALL the time !!!
Ah, the old ē»ä½ äøŖå“å·“ć
Explains a lot
Not really a confession, but an interesting observation:
My first dream job (as a 6-7 year old) was to be a scientist. Later, I naively wanted to do marketing for a while. Now, Iām studying to be a behavioural scientist whose research will be applied to marketing. I guess things do come full circle
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Going to go ahead and add to the science experiment food confessions with my discovery of broccoli and cheese tots by Green Giant. Stumbled on a real winner here.
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Those are excellent.
Also, the Buffalo flavored cauliflower that Birdseye (I think) sells.
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I donāt think words can properly articulate the ass-destruction this would cause me. That much fiber, in conjunction with artificial sweetener and carbonation, may actually make me spontaneously combust. I envy your ability to power through things like this.
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Iāve only actually hurt my back lifting once. Every other time has been something mundane, like standing up out of a chair or stepping on the scale. It runs in the family. My dad has thrown his out with a sneeze. Mine is currently out and I think I did it in my sleep.
As someone who can barely handle 45mg caffeine, Iād at least have no problem sprinting to the toilet, provided my heart doesnāt explode first
Is this not universal for conflict-avoidant women? Although Iām pretty sure I donāt whine. Being a bold American, I lecture. Others may occasionally hear this as ranting.
You donāt know my wife. Sheās not conflict avoidant in the least. She just knows that it doesnāt work on me.
Not opining on your wifeās nature, but my husband might say the same of me.
And no, it doesnāt really work, any of it.
The Gottmans, whoāve spent their lives researching marriage, will note that married couples will have the same arguments over and over for the entire life of their marriages, whether a good marriage or one destined for divorce. The difference between a good and a bad marriage is determined by the damage caused by fights (e.g. expressing contempt or disdain vs. expressing frustration), along with connection when not fighting (liking one another).
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